![]() One woman told her: “I’m here to stand for businesses that will get hurt. “I was struck by how much of the debate over displaying LGBTQ+ Pride banners for an entire month became about the Rockwellian ‘brand’ of a rural tourist town,” she told me this week. The local pride group amended their proposal, nixing the rainbow crosswalks and asking that pride banners featuring a rainbow-colored windmill and the message “Solvang Pride / All Welcome” be raised for two weeks in June. ![]() Then came a crowded City Council meeting on April 24, which Hailey attended. In the wake of the feud, the Denmark-loving town even received a letter from the mayor of Copenhagen - the actual Danish capital of actual Denmark - calling out local officials for “opposition to Pride,” saying their stance “does not reflect the genuine warmth and acceptance of Pride that can be seen across Denmark and especially in Copenhagen.”
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